Soap-dish.



PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907-' J. J. BUTGHER.

SOAP DISH.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, 1906.

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ATTORNEYS JOSEPH J. BUTCHER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SOAP-DISH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Application filed June 4,1906. Serial No. 320,148.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH J. BUTCHER, a subject of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland, and a resident a specification.

The object of my invention is to so construct the dish as to carry offthe drain water from under the soap and thus keep the soap from beingwasted by the wet.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a soapdish embodying my invention in one form; Fig. 2'is a cross section ofthe same taken on the line 2-2, in Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a plan of the same;Fig. 4 is a cross section taken on the line 4-4, Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is across section of a modification, taken on the line 5-5, Fig. 6; Fig. 6is a plan view of the dish; Fig. 7 is a front elevation of anothermodification; and Fig. 8 is a cross section on the line 88, Fig. 7.

Referring to the Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, A is the chamber in which the soapis placed. Oorrugations or channels O on the floor of the chamber slopedown from opposite sides d, d, of the chamber, and empty into a centraltransverse channel or gutter E at a lower level, which in turn slopesdown from the back of the chamber to the point where it terminates in adischarge spout g. B is a drip pan beneath the soap chamber, and soconstructed as to project beyond the nose of the spout g to catch thedrip flowing from the gutter E. The pan B has a point of overflow at alevel with the lowest point of the gutter E, and consequently the panmay fill with water, but will overflow before the level of the watertherein reaches the soap chamber above. The soap is thus kept free frommoisture though the drip chamber is filled.

The drip chamber B may project beyond the rear of the soap chamber, andpresent an opening h through which the pan may be emptied, and by whichits cleansing may be facilitated.

Referring to Figs. 5 and 6, A represents the soap chamber and B the drippan into which the drainage from the soap is led by corrugations O onthe floor of the soap chamber, inclining downward from each side to acentral transverse gutter E, which extends from the back of the soapchamber to the front, where it empties into the drip pan.

A modification of my dish is shown in Figs. 7 and 8 in which A is thesoap chamber, the floor of which is provided with channels 0 inclineddownwardly from each side to a lower transverse gutter E across themiddle of the floor. This gutter inclines downwardly fromback to frontof the chamber, emptying at the mouth of the spout 9 This spout extendsbelow the base of the dish so that when the soap dish is placed at theedge of a wash basin and set flat upon the supporting flange p, thespout will lie over the bowl, and drainiage from the soap dischargesfrom the spout 9 into the bowl, but when the dish is placed upon the topof the basin, or on a table or other horizontal surface, the dish willrest upon the base of the spout g and the rear edge of its supportingflange p, and the front of the soap chamber will thus be so tilted up asto form a basin from which the water will not flow off until thedrainage has reached the level of the uptitled discharge spout or thetop of the rear side of the soap chamber.

I claim as my invention 1. A soap tray with a bottom sloping towards thecenter from both sides thereof, a side wall having an opening for theescape of the drainage, said central portion of the tray bottom having aslope towards said gap.

2. A soap tray, the drainage bottom of which falls towards thetransverse center line of the tray, and a cross channel on suchtransverse line at a lower level and falling towards one side of thetray, combined with a side wall having a gap or hole for the dischargeof the drainage.

3. A soap tray with a bottom sloping towards the center from both sidesthereof, an outside front drip pan, an opening through a side wallleading thereto, said central portion of the tray bottom having a slopetowards said opening.

4. A soap tray with a bottom sloping towards the center from both sidesthereof, an opening through a side wall for the discharge of the drip,said central portion of the tray bottom sloping toward said opening anda drip pan formed beneath said tray and adapted to receive the drip.

5. A soap tray with an attached foot or stand forming a receptacle forthe drip, an opening and spout at one side of the receptacle to receivethe drip, a drainage channel leading from the tray to said opening, andan opening at the other side of the drip receptacle with a wall of sufiicient height to retain the drainage, so that a stream of water or acloth can be passed through the drip pan to clean it out.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH J. BUTCHER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. BUCK, HARRY F. MARKOLF.

